Sunday, January 13, 2013

Under Construction: The World's Largest Thermal Solar Plant



In the middle of the Mojave Desert there is a massive concentrated solar thermal power plant being built, and if everything goes successfully, will be the largest in the world. The plan for this power plant is to have 300,000 mirrors directing the sun’s energy toward three towers, which will create 392 megawatts of electricity, which is enough electricity to power 140,000 U.S. homes.  The complication is that even though solar power is cleaner and a more sustainable energy to say coal, creating a power plant of this scale will forever alter the natural environment.

1 comment:

  1. This is pretty cool. I think this is a great use of space since there is a lot of sun in the desert. I think that this will be the start of a good use of space and resources. I hope to see more of this secondary power source. This is a way that we could use and produce less carbon dioxide. When this becomes more relevant to people of our time we will be in a cleaner and healthier environment. I hope this takes off as the start of something awesome.

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